The eighth-century text is written in Coptic and contains a dialogue in which Jesus seemingly refers to “my wife Samantha” as well as referring to one of his less well-known minor disciples as ‘Nick’.

Karen King, a professor at the Harvard Divinity School, writes in the Harvard Theological Review that the papyrus is almost certainly a product of ancient Christians and suggests that Jesus could well have been the leader of a small and increasingly isolated group of disciples who believed he was able to cure the terminally sick and miraculously provide them with jobs which didn’t exist.

Many critics, however, still remain unconvinced of the authenticity of the claims, saying that Jesus was a figure of huge historical and religious importance and was unlikely to be linked in any way to an out-of-touch twat from Chipping Norton with a red face and a messiah complex.

I once heard a lecture from a professor from Stanford University. He was speaking upon the book of Acts, and was so way of that after around 15 minutes turned off, not after wondering what view he was seeking to promote.

There have been many Jesus Christs written up in history, and some married. This piece of paper is supposed to be speaking of the true Jesus Christ. Like to know how this can be as the entire Bible declares, especially within the prophet books, that Jesus Christ is not married. So the entire Bible is to be overthrown by one fragment of writing. You just cannot make it up, but then, this is America.

By the way, if you wish a lie to procede it is always good to have titled people behind it, and the more titles the better. Just a trick that was first used in the middle nineteenth century.